# Incident 19850827055229I: Boeing 7372Q8C, Phoenix, AZ, August 27, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1985, 13:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372Q8C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 4,900 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827055229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRE IN APU TAIL PIPE AFTER ATTEMPTS TO START APU AT GATE. BLISTERED PAINT ON TAIL CONE AND STABILIZER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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